Product Description

Product Description

Wargame Red Dragon retains the same game mechanics that made the series so successful, but the action leaves Europe for the fi rst time and moves to a confl ict in central Asia between 1975 and 1991. The astonishing IRISZOOM Engine returns in a brand new version: the engine's impressive zoom capabilities enable you to instantaneously dive directly from a satellite view to the heart of battles involving hundreds of units and move seamlessly through the ultra-detailed landscapes. 5 new nations, including China and North Korea, join the armed forces in Wargame, with over 450 new units. The introduction of naval and amphibious units is a particular highlight and the maritime and river areas provide fresh strategic opportunities! The full cohort of each army is represented with a phenomenal total of more than 1,300 units and combat vehicles, all reproduced in meticulous detail from real models. A new solo campaign plunges players headlong into a hellish war around Korea, while Wargame's extensive and road-tested multiplayer mode will engage them in some intense and spectacular battles with up to 20 other players simultaneously!

I have reviewed the two previous Wargame titles and I guess I'll do the same thing here...its only fair. Red Dragon is the third in the series and while it has its flaws, its a welcome addition. Red Dragon is set in Asia (as opposed to Europe) and as such adds several new factions (China, Japan, North & South Korea as well as the ANZACs) and adds new units to the previous factions, such as the Challenger 2 MBT for Britain and Leclerc tank for France. Gameplay is much the same, though the campaign has been improved over Air Land Battle. For example, campaign battles are now 20 rather than 10 minutes in length and the narrator has returned.Online multiplayer is what most people focus on though and "this is where the fun is at".

The games big selling point, naval combat, is a bit like marmite...you like it or hate it. It is restricted though in terms of unit and maps.

The Chinese are under powered while the French, USA and the USSR are power houses (don't choose to fight with units from Japan and expect to win a skirmish battle against the Soviets), however constant balancing updates change this on a regular basis so this may have changed by the time you read this : ).

Well worth a look, but if you own the other two you may want to wait for a while until its on sale.

I just want to be clear that this game is in no way realistic as the pretty much all the ranges of some missile based weapons have been massively down sized to make it more arcade friendly and there are no long range air defence platforms such as s-300s ect nor ship based versions.. so this still don't give you a idea of what a modern war would be like.

But it when it comes to tank combat it is a a lot better.. You get modern tanks in this such as challenger 2's and modernised m1's with t90's and their weapons seem to give a good impression of how powerful modern 120mm rounds and the armor on some of the tanks is a good view too

Naval combat is still severely lacking in realism as their ranges are pittyful compared to the real thing although the ciws of these ships are a BIT realistic. they are still rubbish.. and the lack of a aircraft carrier makes it harder to fully use destroyers as their main role in real life is to buy enough time for a aircraft carrier to launch its aircraft before it gets sunk. Without that purpose it is just a slightly better destroyer which costs a lot more. Plus the fact you can't even call in tomahawks from them to help assist with land strikes is bonkers. The russian ships are pretty nice in their gun area but they are normally a lot more accurate than they let on in the game due to the fire control systems the russians use.. Some shells do miss but 80-90 percent of the shells land on target while in the game it is 40-50 percent.

Aircraft massively lacks realism too as all their ranges are completely made up and none of the planes can actually dog fight.. So planes such as the euro fighter or the french rafale give a wrong impression to new people on military hardware as they are both very very good aircraft when it comes to anti air.. and none of them can do the manoeuvring they can do in real life that help evade incoming fire in the first place as ecm is never enough in todays war.. Plus the lack of large strategic bombers such as tu95's or b52s of british vulcans bombers makes it even more stupid..

So on realism in general this game totally sucks as a war simulator on any level but as a GAME on war it is amazing.. I just wish this game was as realistic as real life as it would be ALOT more interesting and awesomeRead more ›

The game is very fun first of all it also offers a level of unit detail and depth that I haven't seen matched yet. The gameplay is quick exciting and very tactical as balance rather than force is crucial which makes a change to most games. The only downside of the game is that it is difficult to create small scale battles and the ai is a tad predictable but this barely detracts from a brilliant game.

1.0 out of 5 starsThis is not really the Wargame software, just Steam installation files...pitiful28 Aug. 2014

By Phil R. - Published on Amazon.com

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I am extremely disappointed with this purchase, if I could give it zero stars, I would. I am an active duty military officer deployed overseas and live with a weekly data limit. I bought this PC DVD software expecting to have the full game on the disk so I could install without having to go online. Imagine my surprise when I tried to install the software and it became painfully obvious that there were no actual game files on the disk, just installation files for the Steam online server. It is dishonest to advertise this as software on a DVD when the only way to install the software is from the Steam server. Why even sell the disk, just sell a game code or at least make it clear to purchasers that the DVD does not actually contain the software but rather just the installation files for Steam. Regardless, this software title is absolutely useless to me as I cannot download more than 2 GB per week at my deployed location. The game files are 59GB! I am now forced to wait until next summer when I get back to the U.S. before I can install and use this software. It is so sad to see the state of PC games nowadays. It used to be that the best games were on PC and all the files needed for play were on the disk. Online-only games from the likes of Steam and Origin are killing what is left of the PC game genre. What a pity.

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1.0 out of 5 starsEven if you buy the disc you STILL have to start a Steam account and install their spyware on your PC28 July 2014

By anon12345 - Published on Amazon.com

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What is NOT mentioned in the description is that you have to install Steam's spyware on your computer, accept the terms and agreement online, start a Steam account and provide them with your personal details just to activate the game, even though you bought the disc. You have to do this even to play the offline parts of the game as well.

I specifically bought the disc to AVOID starting a steam account and have their spyware on my PC.

I've heard too many horror stories about Steam, both about their intrusive and buggy software as well as about their company to want to have anything to do with them. This tactic to strong arm me into starting an account and giving them my personal details cost them a customer, I'm sending the game back.